Name: Auction: CHINESE BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' HANDLED CENSER XUANDE MARK, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 300 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brushes Across Empire | Wed 11th March from 10am | Lots 1 to 179

Asian Works of Art | Wed 11th March 2026 from 11.30am | Lots 180 to 346

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The Shanghai School of Chinese Paintings

The Shanghai School, also known as the "Haipai" or "Hupai," emerged in the mid-19th century. During this period, Shanghai opened as a treaty port and evolved into the economic and cultural centre of modern China.

The Collector Behind Brushes Across Empire: Sir James Stewart Lockhart

Chinese paintings, ceramics, and works of art from the collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart.

Welcome to our March 2026 Asian Works of Art auction, led by Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart (1858 - 1937) (Lots 1 - 179).&nbsp;Comprising approximately 180 lots of Chinese paintings, ceramics and works of art, the collection reflects the scholarly eye of Sir James Stewart Lockhart, who served in Hong Kong from 1879 and later as Commissioner of Weihaiwei. The sale is offered on behalf of, and to benefit, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.gwc.org.uk/">George Watson’s College</a>, Edinburgh.The auction also features a private Glasgow collection of Chinese paintings and ceramics (Lots 186–196), a private English collection of Chinese bronzes and jades (Lots 208–225), Chinese jades from Homer Ling (Lots 227–229), a Perthshire collection of bronzes and wood carvings (Lots 238–246), snuff bottles from Prof. J. Gilbert and Cora McAllister (Lots 267–281), west of Scotland and Renfrewshire collections of Chinese and Japanese works (Lots 302–305; 325–329) and a private UK collection of Southeast Asian art (Lots 343–346).

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ft. Brushes Across Empire: Works from the Collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart

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十九至二十世紀 宣德款 銅象耳爐of compressed globular form raised on a short flaring ring foot, set on both sides with elephant heads as loop handles, the base with a six-character Xuande mark in a recessed panel&nbsp;

CHINESE BRONZE 'ELEPHANT' HANDLED CENSER

XUANDE MARK, 19TH-20TH CENTURY

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